THE RESTiriOUCHE — WITH NOTES ON ITS FLORA. 19 



from ISTorth Africa and India to the Arctic Ocean. It 

 has evidently followed the footsteps of man, both as settler 

 and explorer, for it is as abundant on the upper St. John 

 as on the Restigouche. Its inflated grayish-green calyx 

 is beautifully veined and surmounted bj" white petals. 

 Growing in dense clumps, it is an attractive plant. In 

 the woods near by we found our common Hop {Humidus 

 Lupulus) and from its position here and at other points on 

 the river it is without doubt indigenous to our province. 

 I saw some fine specimens in fruit of the Wake-Robin or 

 Nodding Trillium [Trillium cernuum), and several species 

 of wild gooseberry and currants [JRihes). 



I shall only make mention in connection with this trip 

 of those plants that are new or rare to the province, or 

 those that are striking by their great abundance, luxuriance 

 of growth, or other distinguishing features. I feel sure 

 that this, the first descriptive account of the flora of the 

 Restigouche, will be full of interest to you, occupying as 

 this river does, the northern limit of the province, and 

 prior to the visit of Dr. Cox and Mr. Brittain, a few years 

 ago, almost unknown to botanists. I wish to acknowledge 

 at the outset my indebtedness to these gentlemen for lists 

 of the plants they collected; to Messrs. R. Chalmers and 

 R. W. Ells of the Geological Survey Department, whose 

 valuable reports on the surface geology and forest growths 

 of Northern New Brunswick I have availed myself of to a 

 full extent; to Mr. Walter Deane, of Cambridge, for his 

 assistance in identif^'ing doubtful species ; and chiefly to 

 my sole companion of the voyage, Dr. W. F. Ganong, 

 without whose knowledge of aflairs and wide experience 

 in wood craft, the trip could not have been made, and 

 whose genial comradeship will always remain as one of the 

 pleasantest features of the trip. 



